export fixed length file

[Greg Widdows]

Mike Schwartz (PC Support) wrote:
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-
>>bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Harrison
>>Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 12:43 PM
>>To: Greg Widdows
>>Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>Subject: Re: export fixed length file
>>
>>--- Greg Widdows <lwiddows at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>I tried appending to a file using export WORD on
>>>5.0.13R4 SCO Unix.
>>>
>>>export word act = /tmp/grexp -a
>>>
>>>It doesn't seem to work. Why?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Greg
>>>
>>>P.S. The Append option for export Word appears in
>>>the Help file.
>>>
>>
>>In my opinion that is either a bug in filepro or a bug
>>in the documentation.  I don't think the -a option has
>>ever worked with export word.  It does however work
>>with export ascii.  So one simple work-around for this
>>would be the following export line that mimics export
>>word:
>>
>>export ascii act = /tmp/grexp r=10 f=, o=" c=" -a
>>
>>Jeff Harrison
>>jeffaharrison at yahoo.com
>>
>>Author of JHExport and JHImport.  The easiest and
>>fastest ways to generate code for filePro exports and imports.
> 
> 
>      I've never gotten the -A option to work with Export Word, either.  A
> couple of weeks ago I tried it again on fP5.0.14 on SCO Open Server 5.0.4,
> but no luck.  So it's not a bug that can be fixed by upgrading to FP 5.0.14.
> 
> Mike Schwartz
>  
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I just find it odd that fp would bother to put it in the Help file if
it wasn't done.

Thanks for the responses,
Greg